Gurriel banned 5 games in 2018 for racist gesture at Darvish
HOUSTON — Yuli Gurriel will have to sit out for making a racist gesture toward Yu Darvish — but not during the World Series.
Major League Baseball suspended the Houston Astros first baseman Saturday for the first five games next season. The punishment came a day after Gurriel’s actions toward the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher during Game 3.
“I understand that people may have different views,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said. “But it was my best judgment that this timing was appropriate.”
“I wanted the burden of this discipline to fall primarily on the wrongdoer,” he said.